RESETTING MY PASSCODE. IT WAS LOCKED WHEN I GOT IT AND NO NUMBER WAS PROVIDED TO ME

In this case, you have to reset the password. One of the methods to do that is using iTunes. Just follow below steps to reach this aim.

If you haven't synced your iPhone with iTunes before or if you haven't enabled your Find My iPhone on, you can take advantage of the third method. Resetting iPhone Password in Recovery Mode is not complicated. The steps below will show you how to do that.
Step 1. Disconnect all cables from your iPhone and turn it off.
Step 2. Press and hold the Home button and connect your device to iTunes. If your iPhone does not turn on, please turn it on manually.
Step 3. Continue holding the Home button until you see the Connect to iTunes screen. iTunes will remind you that it has detected your iPhone in recovery mode.

Step 4. Click OK. The Summary tab in iTunes appears. Click "Restore iPhone" and restore your iPhone.

Recovery Mode will erase all your data and passcode from your iPhone, resetting it to factory defaults. Thus, you'll have brand new iPhone without any personal data after you reset iPhone password with Recovery Mode. Therefore, please consider carefully whether you need to use this method to reset password on iPhone.
If you remember your current iPhone password and you just want to change into a new password, you can finish it with ease. Go to Setting > General > Touch ID > Passcode (iOS 9/8/7) or Passcode Lock (iOS 6), then enter the current password and tap Change Passcode. Then enter the new passcode. Now, you have reset your iPhone password.

For more methods, check: How to Reset Password on iPhone

As for resetting iPad password, an easy way is to utilize iTunes. Just refer to below guide.
If you have synced your iPhone with iTunes before you forget your iPhone password, you can reset your iPhone by using iTunes without losing data. Through iTunes, you can restore your iPhone from the last backup and remove the passcode from your locked iPhone while retaining your data. If iTunes asks you to enter the passcode, try another computer. Otherwise, you have to follow the reset iPhone Passcode with Recovery Mode section below. The following steps will show you how to reset iPhone password with iTunes.
Step 1. Connect your iPhone to the computer with via a USB cable that your iPhone has trusted.
Step 2. Launch iTunes. If you've synced your iPhone with iTunes, then no "enter password" is required.
Step 3. iTunes will automatically sync your iPhone and create a backup file. If it doesn't, you should sync your iTunes and create a backup file manually by in the Summary window.
Step 4. In the Summary window, you can see the option "Restore iPhone". Click it and follow prompts to choose the latest iTunes backup to restore your iPhone.

After the restoration process is complete, your passcode will be erased and all your data will be restored from your backup. You will now be able to access your iPhone without any passcode. And you can set your new password on iPhone.

For more methods, check: How to Reset Password on iPhone

The following can be done on ipad with iOS 8:
1. Press the home button( the round button on the front side of your ipad), to go to the home screen.
2. Find the Settings icon ( looks like gray clockwork gears) and tap on it to launch the Settings app.
3. After settings app is started try to find on the left side of the screen Passcode ( has a red lock icon near the text) and tap on it
4. In the passcode setting screen you can choose the type of passcode with the Simple passcode setting switched on or off ( simple means a 4 digit number, not simple means any character combination
5. By taping on Turn passcode on you can enter your passcode. Be carefull not to forget your passcode, otherwise you will not be able to use your ipad later.

It really depends if your iPad is locked or not.
Usually you can restore by connecting to a computer and using iTunes.
Follow this easy guide from Apple:
iOS Forgotten passcode or device disabled after entering wrong passcode

If you are locked out, you have to connect to iTunes and do a reset/restore. You can follow these directions from Apple:


iOS Forgotten passcode or device disabled after entering wrong passcode

When you are sure you did not make any error with your login and password, the only one to help you is Apple. When your iPad (mini) is locked on the lock screen and nothing helps, not even resetting and log in again, take the iPad to an Apple store. Take the iPad, your invoice of the iPad and identification, to prove it is your name on the invoice and ask them to help you resetting the iPad.
First try resetting, by pressing the home button and the on / off switch, till the apple logo appears on the screen. Then try logging in with the Passcode or the password you gave Apple when you did setup your account. Could be a different (actually it should be different) from the e-mail account your account is connected to.

you should know it... you know those things can be traced if stolen.

Go to Amazon.com they have an entire section on the kindle and if I'm not mistaken they have a way for you to retrieve your passcode. good luck.